Object

Map Room's Glowing Model Building

A small building model stands among the detailed miniature city replica carved into the Map Room floor. Indy seats the Staff of Ra and tweaks the headpiece with precision; a tiny focused sunbeam slides past Belloq's spot, strikes this model a foot and a half beyond, and sets it glowing as if lit by divine fire. The glow marks the Ark's exact location, watched intently by both men.

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Purpose

Receives the Staff of Ra's focused sunbeam to indicate the precise Ark burial site within the miniature city layout

Significance

Vindicates Indy's calculations over Belloq's, delivers the revelation that shifts their rivalry and accelerates the Ark quest

Appearances in the Narrative

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Sunbeam Confirms the Ark's True Location

The small building model is the narrative fulcrum: when the sunbeam strikes it, it uniquely absorbs and re-emits golden light, literally glowing to indicate the Ark’s true location. Its reaction transforms theoretical debate into incontrovertible visual proof.

Before: Part of the unlit miniature city; indistinguishable from other models.

After: Emits a permeating golden glow, singled out as the confirmed location in the map-room revelation.

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